Chapter 108 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 108

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 108.13

यदि भुक्तमिहान्येन देहमन्यस्य गच्छति। दद्यात् प्रवसतां श्राद्धं न तत् पथ्यशनं भवेत्॥

yadi bhuktamihānyena dehamanyasya gacchati| dadyāt pravasatāṃ śrāddhaṃ na tat pathyaśanaṃ bhavet||

English Meaning

If food partaken by one is transferred to the body of another, offer Śrāddha to one going to a distant and, that shall serve for his provender on the way.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)